A "peacekeeping mission" is when a group of people, often soldiers, is sent to a place experiencing conflict or violence to help maintain peace and stability. Their main goal is to protect the people and prevent further fighting. Full definition
The report also highlighted several safety shortfalls concerning drone operations as part of UN peacekeeping missions in Mali and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and outlined the Section's plan to carry out safety trainings. (dronecenter.bard.edu)
In combat zones like Afghanistan and Mali, on humanitarian missions in places like Haiti and the Philippines, and on peacekeeping missions in Rwanda or Kosovo, the challenges are accentuated with each new case, telescoped in a short period of time «This isn't M * A * S * H,» said Williams - Jones. (sciencedaily.com)
Burney and Hampson quite rightly point to Canada's contribution in the 1950s and 1960s to the Colombo Plan, our active participation in the Korean War, involvement in Indochina in the 1970s through the International Commission for Supervision and Control as well as UN peacekeeping missions in Cambodia, East Timor and the underwriting of Track II diplomacy initiatives addressing South China Sea issues in the early 1990s. (asiapacific.ca)